McCormick Graduate Leadership Council

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We Serve Engineering Graduate Students

We Serve Engineering Graduate Students

MGLC caters to Masters' and PhD students across all McCormick departments.

About MGLC

The McCormick Graduate Leadership Council (MGLC) was founded in the summer of 2006 and now MGLC is one of the largest student groups at Northwestern, comprising of 1200+ Masters’ and PhD students across all McCormick departments. MGLC seeks to create a stronger community within the graduate programs of the McCormick School of Engineering.

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Our Mission

  • Build a graduate student community and provide leadership opportunities within McCormick's departments.
  • Facilitate communication between graduate students and the Dean's office.
  • Organize social, academic, and professional activities.

What We Do

Professional Development

Mentor circles within tenure-track faculty

Alumni connections through Wine & Dine

Entrepreneurship @ NU

Personal Development

Panel for navigating 1st year in MS/PhD panel

CAPS mental wellness sessions

Networking workshops

Effective poster presentation advice

Socialization

Happy Hour — Beer & Wings

Game Nights @ Norris

McCormick students leaders' social

Bowling Social

Outreach & Service

Monthly "Science in Your Community Center" Saturday with EvanSTEM

Annual MGLC Grand Prix with 7th/8th grade

Discover Our Whole-Brain Engineering Philosophy

We augment the analytical core of engineering with design, entrepreneurship, leadership, personal development, and unusual collaborations to imagine what's next and take the world in a whole new direction.

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